RE: Eastern Washington Goers...
The WDFW publishes the harvest data for each unit on their website. You can go back several years and see how a particular unit has done. My suggestion is that you look over that data and then pick a unit. Once you've done that, get up there and explore. Go up there at every opportunity year round and get to know the area like the back of your hand. Make sure you get off the roads and put in some qualityshoe leather time. The time to start looking for your 2007 deer is now. And if the data is good, don't give up on the area even if you don't get one next fall. Stick with it and it will all come together for you.